Humility, A Plug, And a Revelation

This is where we are. Whatever is happening around us right now in the world in the United States, in our home states, in our home cities, and in our homes. This is exactly where we are. I feel I have a lot to say right now about where we are, about where I am. Let me preface the rest of this post by saying I have learned many things in the current state of my world. Most importantly I have revisited my old friend humility.

I believe humility is the lesson the world is trying to teach us all right now. I work in a tough industry. Every industry has been hit very hard in recent economic times excluding the liquor business that seems to be thriving right now. My industry I believe has been hit the hardest. I have seen close friends and colleagues take desperate measures and step outside the box. It makes me sad when I see people I have done deals with in the past waiting tables or working checkout lines but then after the sadness passes I smile. Humility. Where can we go when we have to make a change. Do we have what it takes to slap on an apron with a cooperate logo and put food on our families tables? Can we beat pride? When we move down from our big houses on the hill into the valley what have we lost? More importantly what have we gained? I am not leaving my industry. I am not giving up I will be fine. I will also do whatever it takes to keep the lights on in my house hold even if that means pulling clothes out of my closet I haven't thought about in years and putting in car stereos on the weekends. This is where we are. That being said I am very happy about where we are. About where I am. I have remembered the simple things that I love. The things that escape you when you are too focused on the false. For what I spend on my house and my truck I could buy a season pass to 3 ski resorts in Utah EVERY SINGLE MONTH. Amazing what it took to make me realize that. Anyway, Humility. I am happy with where I am.

Now the plug.....


Go out and buy, download, borrow, or whatever Brett Dennen's new album "Hope for the Hopeless" (His previous album is also great) and listen to the song called "Who do you think you are." To me Brett is one of the greatest song writers of our time. This song spoke to me directly and made me think. It's about all of us, it's about where we are. It's about humility.

I have a great life. I have a great family, the perfect fiance, a wonderful son, challenging work, something to fall back on, great friends, and many many things to be thankful for. I am just thankful right now that I remembered that there are things I love that don't involve the cooperate world.

"In the battle of the stream and the rock..the stream always wins, not through might, but through persistence"

Thank you all for being a part of my life.

-Dave